The Lexington intelligencer. [volume], August 03, 1901, Image 2

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The Intelligencer.
1. a. NEALE,
Editor sad Proprietor.
Entered at the Lx!nfton postoffice as
teconJ class mail matter.
TERnS, $100 PER YEAR.
Saturday. A rot st 3, 1901.
THE GERMAN TAK1FF BILL
Th now German Tariff bill as re-
eentlj published in aeveral ol tbe Ber
lin papers, fill a pbamphlet of 167
page. Heavy dutiei are imposed op
on many articles ol which America it
tbe principal exporter, mlhoul no
tfertakintr an? detailed account of
tbe bill it is sufficient to state tbat
it Imposes additional burdens of taxa
tion on artioles from America and
therefore makes it necessary for tbe
German consumer to pay bigberfor
what be gets and it is likewise a barrier
to prevent exports from tbis country.
The bill may be considered as tbe
opening np of tariff wars and a hind
rance to commercial treaties
This bill is the result of a sharp agi
tation against many of our products
which has been carried on for several
years in Germany and is a concesston
upon tbe part of the German govern
ment to tbe party that has been keeping
tip and forcing tbia agitation. s
The German people are awakening
to the knowledge tbat if a tariff is aoch
a good thing for the United States to
keep out competition from other coun
tries and thus build up borne indus
tries, It would also be a good thing for
Germany. Tbey are simply learning
our trick and aie glriog us tbe same
kind of treatment now that we kave
been giving them for a number of
years under oar bigh tariff system. Up
to the lima ot tbe McKioley tariff for
protection policy of tbis government
tbe most radical tariff protectionists of
tbe republicro party did not advocate
a tariff mncb above about fifty per
cent of tbe McKinley. Once start tbe
protection theory and tbe bigger tbe
infant piotected industry becomes the
more protection It wants. It a little
protection is a good thing more pro
tection is better. Tbe republican
party depending as it baa been on tbe
protected industries for its enormous
slush fund by wbicb it bas managed,
thus far to maintain itself in power,
has gone on from year to year pro
tecting and aiding these protected in
dustries, which have formed themselves
into combinations and trusts, yeilding
to their greedy demands to the detri
ment of tbe interests of tbe masses. In
its eagerness to serve the trusts it bas
gone so far in Us trust breeding policy
tbat it bas ignored tbe reciprocal rights
of other nations in the great business
t commercial intercourse.
It has cause to be aroused in these
foreign nations a spirit ot resentment
which will sooner or later make itself
felt in the form of retaliatory tariffs as
in the case of the German bill under
consideration. This is only a begining
of what we may expect if tbis govern
ment continues to act upon tbe same
aggressive, one sided and narrow policy
in its dealings with other natious.
Not only is this policy productive of
resentment and retaliation upon tbe
part of other nations, but it is likewise
a policy tbat is grinding down tbe
masses of tbe honorable millions of
toiling citizens and despoiling I be en of
their bard earned means to enrich tbe
coffers of the few favored minions of
Hanna and bis moneyed aristocracy.
uaona nas issued nis iiat upon
tariff reform in tbe republican party
and although there is a large conser
vative element among tbe republicans
tbat realize tbe necessity of such a re
form, their voices will not be heeded
in tbe councils of tbe party. It Is to
democracy alone that the people must
jook tor reuei ana u"i saouia see a
turning down of tbe party tbat bas
been the author of these conditions and
tbe placing of tbe reins of the govern
ment in tbe hands of democracy, tbe
party of tbe people.
Ex-Governor Stephens is contribut
ing some articles to bis paper, tbe
Boonville Advertiser, tbat are being
taken np and circulated by good re
publican journals Possibly tbe ex-
governor is practicing to take editor
ial charge of some leading republican
journal wbea Missouri goes republican
The lowering of prices of woo'tn
goods from 10 to 25 per cent by the
wool trust for tbe puipoee of shutting
off competition of smaller dealt rs out
side tbe trust is another instance of the
benefit of the trusts for themselves
When tbey get the competition out,
of the way tbey can essely raise the
prices again,
Concerning tbe Sampson Scbley
controversy. Admiral Scblej's son,
Captain Thomas F. Schley, very
appropriately asks tbe question, "If
the battle of Santiago bad resulted in
defeat, to whom would the blame have
been attached?"
We acknowledge tbe receipt this
week ot the Odessa Oracle published
by Bibb Brothers. It Is a neat, newsy,
four column, six page paper and we
Wish the new enterprise abundant
success.
Over the State.
A number of county fairs in Mis
souri have been called off on account
of tbe drought.
Emil Tucker, 1 lad of sixteen, living
west of Orrick, in Ray county, ahot
himself through tbe foot with a 22
calibre rifle.
Norborne bad a Kansas side show
last week. Tbe animals were prairie
dogs, wild cats, a coyote, coon, jack
rabbit and badger.
Liberty citizens have started a move
ment to sink an artesian well and have
raised $1,000 for tbe purpose, but ex.
pect to raise $2,500 more.
Kirksville bas passed an ordinance
against loafing 00 the streets, and any
one without visible means of support
will be arrested aa a vagrant.
The Wabash railread has had to
haul train loads of water from the
Chariton river to Moberly for use in
the shops and engines there.
It is reported from Palmyra tbat a
bolt ot lightning entered a house in
tbat town through the cellar window
and went np tbe lightning rod.
Mrs. W. II. Anderson, of Lamont,
dropped dead suddenly while attend
ing the union services at tbe Southern
M, E. Church at tbat city last Sunday.
Last week tbe family of Mr. Reese
Roberts, of Richmond, bad a narrow
escape from death by eating poisoned
ice cream. Tiie poison is supposed to
have come from tbe milk.
The tent services conducted in Mar
shall for some weeks pagt by Dr.
Wbarton bave resulted in the addition
ot nearly one hundred members to tbe
various churches of tbat city.
Governor Dockery, Monday, issued a
proclamation offering a reward of
f 100 for tbe arrest and conviction of
Grant Freman, who is charged with
killing Mace Smith in Carter county.
The Norborne Jeffersonian wants tbe
streets of tbe town swept, wants tbe
merchants to do more advertising,
wants manufaotaring enterprises
for the town, a city park and a volun
teer fire company.
Tbe books in tbe safe of the New
York Store that was recently destroyed
by fire at Marshall were found to be
readable and in fairly good condition
when tbe safe was taken out ot the
ruins and opened.
Tbe C. & a. officials have made ar
rangements with the citizens of Slater
to enlarge the railroad company's
water plant at that place. Tbis in
volves the building of a large concrete
dam that will afford double tbe ca
pacity for water.
Rev. A. E. Burch, of Norborne, Mo.,
annouueas through tbe columns of the
Jeffersonian tbat be approves of shirt
waists and that be expects to preach in
tbem notwithstanding the many un
kind remarks of the over aesthetic
members of Mrs. Gossip's family,
Forty of tbe prettiest and most
enticing yonng ladles ot Etbel, a small
village in Macon county, recently or.
ganized a drought Emergency Club"
and notified their gentleman friends
that they would receive no more com
pany from the opposite sex until it
rained. The rain had to be a regular
"gully washer." The boys tried to
take advantage of several small show,
ers but tbe girls 'aid them nay."
Tbe girls suspended tbe rules for
circus day but tbe boys all went with
girls who were not members ot the
club and tbat evening tbe "Emergency
Club" disbanded.
Elevtrii Line .Meeting.
A liw number of our citizens and
business men met at tbe court lu
Saturday afternoon to hear th re
port from the committee tbU went
to Leavenw irth and to listen to Mr.
Winner's prohibition.
Capt. l'laitenbur made a general
report In behalf of tbe committee
and Messrs. Fred Wilson, J. t- Cren
shaw, Jo. Long, (tea Schawe and F.
Lee Wallace told of their interview
with Leavenworth merchant, all re
porting tbat the railroid between
nrth and Kansas City bad
proven a benefit rather than a det
riment to the town.
Mr. Winner then submitted the
following deposition. "The Leav
enworth Construction company, a
corporation of tbe state of Missouri,
will undertake to build a railway from
Kansas City to Lexington, including
a wagon and railway bridge across
the Missouri river at Lexington, with
branches from Lexington to Mayview
and from Lexington Junction to
Richmond: from Missouri City to
Excelsior Springs and from Liberty
Landing to Liberty, providing tbat
within thirty days from this date tbe
citizens of Lexington will enter into
a good and sufficient bond to obtain
for said railway a full and complete
righ-of-way, Dot less than fifty feet
in width, between Mayview and Lex
ington and Lexington and Kansas
Citv.
Mr. Chiles spoke in favor Of an
electric lins but thought (that tbe
proposition made by Mr. Winner
should be modified in several points.
Meesers E. M. Taubmao and Alex
Graves spoke on tbe same line.
iVfter tbe discussioo It was moved
and carried tbat tbe cbalr appoint a
committee of five to see what could
be done on the proposition and to
consult with Mr. Winner with a view
to getting him to modify tbe terms
of tbe proposition.
Tbe cbalr appointed on that com
mittee Messrs. I'billp Keller, Ed
Aull, Walter Waddell, E. M. Taub
man, Jas. Moorchead and by motion
the chairman of tbe meeting. Capt
J. Q. Tlattenburg, was added to.thc
committee.
The meeting adjourned to meet
subject to the call of the chairman
Fencing The Home Cemetery.
An iron fence is being built around
the cemetery at the Confederate home.
The work u in charge of the United
Daughters ot the confederacy, who
were appointed by the state president
of the U. D. C, Mrs. B. E. Asbury of
this city. There are Mrs. P. G. Robart,
of St. Louis, president; Mrs. John
Doniphan, ot St: Joseph, treasurer;
Mrs Wm. Aall, of Lexington, secre-1
tary, and Mrs. M. F. Reinbardt, of
this city, and Mrs. R. E. Wilson, of
Kansas City. In turning over the
Confederate home to tbe state the
old Confederate borne association re
served 2 86-100 acres for a cemetery.
The work of putting a nice irop fence
around these grounds has been taken
up by tbe United Daughters over tbe
state. The new fence cost n,l
tl00 was spent in cleaning up the
ground and in opening up Lee avenue,
a street running south to the drive way
running through the home ground
One of the cottage had to be moved
10 order to open up this avenue. Tbe
fence is of light weielit iron an.l a
little over fonr feet high. Th ports
are also of iron with a tUt anchor on
the bottom. They are pit down fully
three feet and covered with cement to
within six or seven inches of the top of
the ground. It makes a oubstantial
and pretty fence that will last a long
term of years. It is the intention of
the United Daughters of tbe ConMer
acy to employ as soon as the fence is
finished a landscape gardener to lay off
and beautify tbe grounds. Then tbey
will undertake to erect a Confederate
monument in the cemetery the finest
one in the State of Missouri Higgins-
ville Jeffersonian.
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